Rapid Appliance Self Recovery; Creating Windows And Rasr Virtual Disk(S); Creating The Rasr Usb Key - Dell DL4300 Deployment Manual

Repeat this step to add more SNMP addresses.
5. To remove a configured SNMP address, in Configured SNMP addresses, select the appropriate SNMP
address and click Remove.
6. Click Next.
The Create Windows and RASR virtual disk(s) page is displayed.

Rapid Appliance Self Recovery

Rapid Appliance Self Recovery (RASR) is a bare metal restore process where the operating system drives
and data drives are used to rebuild the default factory image.

Creating Windows and RASR virtual disk(s)

The DL4300 system supports:
• Two operating system drives, twelve data drives, and four internal hard drives
• Option to create Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) for the Bare Metal Restore (BMR) information to be
stored
• Option to create separate space for the Windows backup RASR file.
To create optional virtual disk(s):
1. Select the following virtual disks:
a. Windows Backup virtual disk
Windows backup virtual disk provides the target space to create Windows Server backups. To
create a Windows Server backup, go to the Backup page in Appliance tab in AppAssure Core. If
you skipped this option in the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard, you will not be able
to create a Windows Server backup and configure a backup policy in the Backup page. See
Executing the RASR through RASR USB key
b. Bootable RASR virtual disk
Bootable RASR virtual disk provides a redundant recovery volume to perform a RASR recovery.
You can reboot to the redundant recovery volume by pressing< F8> during POST. After
rebooting, follow the steps in
2. Click Next.
A thank you screen is displayed while the system is configuring. A Configuration complete message is
displayed.
3. Click Exit.
The Core Console launches automatically.
4. Continue the configuration process by

Creating the RASR USB key

NOTE: After the initial setup of the software, the AppAssure Appliance Configuration Wizard starts
automatically. The Appliance tab status icon is yellow.
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for details.
Executing the RASR through RASR USB
Provisioning Storage
key.